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The Color Line and Double Consciousness

The mask symbolizes the facade that African Americans put on to conceal their pain and suffering in a racist society.

Du Bois identified the Color Line as "the problem of the 20th century", a pervasive racial discrimination and legal segregation that persisted after slavery.

<p>Double Consciousness refers to the internal conflict African Americans face when trying to see themselves through both their personal and societal (often racist) lenses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Pervasive racial discrimination and legal segregation after slavery, identified by Du Bois as a major problem.

Internal conflict of Black Americans seeing themselves through personal and societal (often racist) lenses.

Du Bois's term for the way racial prejudice prevents a true understanding of Black people.

A poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar exploring how African Americans hid pain behind a facade due to racism.

Du Bois's book examining Black identity and the effects of racism in post-slavery America.

A prominent African American intellectual who wrote about racial inequality in America.

African-American poet known for exploring the African-American experience during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Dividing people based on race.

Treating people unfairly because of their race.

Racism that is embedded in the social and legal systems.

A symbol of hiding emotions behind pretense in order to survive.

The sense of self that African Americans develop and maintain despite racism.